Proverbs 14:5 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁵A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 14:5 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 6:19
A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 12:17
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Proverbs 14:25
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

Topics

Deceit Deception False Teachers Falsehood Liars Lying Perjury Slander

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5)

In the administration of justice much depends upon the witnesses, and therefore it is necessary to the common good that witnesses be principled as they ought to be; for, 1. A witness that is conscientious will not dare to give in a testimony that is in the least untrue, nor, for good-will or ill-will, represent a thing otherwise than according to the best of his knowledge, whoever is pleased or di…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 5)

5. A faithful witness, &c.--one tested to be such. utter lies--or, “breathe out lies”--that is, habitually lies (Pr 6:19; compare Ac 9:1). Or the sense is, that habitual truthfulness, or lying, will be evinced in witness-bearing.